Facilitation of GABA release by arachidonic acid in rat hippocampal synaptosomes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2171-2174

  Cunha, R A ^a,b   Ribeiro, J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Nerve terminals; Neuromodulation; Phospholipase A2; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHELERYTHRINE; INDOMETACIN; LIPOXYGENASE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0033047188     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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